Table 2

Mortality from overall road traffic injuries in each city/county and absolute inequality (between-group variance, BGV), relative inequality (rate ratio between the highest and lowest regions or between the east and north regions) and percentage change between 1997 and 2008 in Taiwan

	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Change
Whole of Taiwan	31	28	25	24	21	19	19	20	20	19	16	15	−52
North	22	19	18	17	14	13	14	15	14	14	11	10	−54
Taipei City	13	10	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	−61
Hsinchu City	26	27	23	24	20	22	15	15	18	18	14	13	−49
Keelung City	17	17	18	15	14	11	13	15	12	14	10	9	−48
Taipei County	19	16	13	14	11	10	11	12	12	12	10	9	−53
Taoyuan County	33	27	30	28	22	21	22	24	21	22	18	14	−57
Hsinchu County	48	45	43	38	35	28	29	28	28	25	23	24	−50
Yilan County	41	38	40	32	32	28	26	28	25	27	22	22	−48
Middle	36	34	31	29	24	22	21	23	24	24	20	19	−48
Taichung City	13	14	12	10	10	9	11	12	15	12	14	9	−30
Miaoli County	47	42	40	40	34	27	29	27	28	32	23	20	−58
Taichung County	34	28	20	21	14	14	16	19	21	22	19	17	−52
Changhua County	40	38	37	33	28	23	22	23	26	24	22	20	−51
Nantou County	47	44	41	35	31	29	25	30	24	26	20	24	−49
Yunlin County	43	44	51	47	39	41	31	34	38	34	29	29	−33
South	35	32	30	29	27	23	24	25	24	22	19	18	−50
Kaohsiung City	29	21	16	18	17	15	16	16	15	15	11	10	−65
Chiayi City	25	22	22	21	24	20	15	21	18	12	12	9	−64
Tainan City	21	21	19	22	19	16	15	16	19	15	15	15	−28
Chiayi County	45	46	39	34	35	32	31	29	29	27	26	21	−53
Tainan County	40	39	39	37	31	26	28	30	26	27	22	20	−49
Kaohsiung County	40	35	35	34	29	25	27	29	26	23	21	19	−53
Pingtung County	42	41	41	35	40	34	33	34	34	33	30	29	−31
East	70	56	42	47	49	41	40	44	43	40	31	27	−61
Hualien County	61	61	46	45	50	39	40	42	44	37	25	24	−61
Taitung County	81	48	38	51	48	43	41	46	42	43	38	32	−61
Inequality
BGV	179	157	170	135	129	97	77	82	78	71	52	49
Highest/lowest	6.25	5.93	6.49	6.32	7.09	7.41	6.02	6.21	6.04	5.85	6.58	6.20
East/North	3.13	2.92	2.41	2.74	3.44	3.15	2.98	3.00	3.08	2.84	2.66	2.62